GEOMAR  Petersen, Sven

Staff

Dr. rer. nat. Sven Petersen

Research Unit 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
FE Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
Marine Mineral Resources Group (MMR)

Office:
Room: 8/A-107
Phone: +49 431 600-2110
Email: spetersen(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

since 10/2024:
Chairperson of GEOMAR's staff council

2019-2024:
Vice chairperson of GEOMAR's staff council

Education and career

  • since Aug. 2004 Research scientist at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel
  • 2002 – 2004 Research scientist at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
  • 2001 – 2002 Research scientist at the Umweltforschungszentrum Halle
  • 2001 Postdoc at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
  • 1994 - 2000 PhD thesis at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. Supervisor: Prof. Peter M. Herzig (TU Freiberg), Prof. Peter Stoffers (University Kiel) and Dr. Mark D. Hannington (Geological Survey of Canada)
    Subject: "The Geochemical and Mineralogical Evolution of the TAG Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26°N"
  • 1993 - 1994 Grant of the DAAD for work at the Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa)
  • 1993 Research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada
  • 1988 - 1992 Studying mineralogy at the RWTH Aachen
    Degree: Diplom-Mineraloge
    Subject: "Mineralogy and Geochemistry of gold-bearing massive sulfides of the Lau Back-Arc (Southwest Pacific)" In German. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. Friedrich, PD Dr. W. Plüger
  • 1985 - 1988 Studying mineralogy at the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel (BSc)

Scientific Interest

  • Formation, evolution and regional distribution of marine mineral resources
  • Significance of marine mineral resources for future global metal supply
  • Toxic metals in the marine environment

Teaching and Relevance


since 2020: Co-Lecturer of the annual course "Introduction to Ocean Sustainability" (mageoMaCSus-01a) within the English Master-degree "Marine Geosciences".

2005-2019 and 2024: Lecturer for "Marine Resources" at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

2010-2018: Lecturer of the annual course "Marine Resources" (MNF-geo-MR, 3 SWS) within the English Master-degree "Marine Geosciences".

Since 1997 Supervision of 3 PhD theses, 14 Master theses, 9 Diplom theses, 7 project theses, 6 Bachelor theses, and Co-supervision of 6 PhD theses and 3 Diplom theses.

11 First-author and 106 co-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals and books. 44 other publications and over 300 conference abstracts plus public talks
(Clarivate Web-of-Science h-index: 36; google scholar h-index: 48; Sven Petersen at Google Scholar).

Co-Editor "Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences" (Springer-Verlag, 2016)

since 2019: Board of Directors for International Marine Minerals Society (IMMS)
since 2019: Member of the Expert Group for the "World Ocean Assessment (WOA)"
since 2018: Councillor of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
2018-2019: Member of the German Expert Group "Round table - Seas and Ocean" for Marine Mineral Resources
since 2015: Member of the KDM Strategy Group "Mineral Resources"

Researcher-ID: N-9528-2016
ORCID: 0000-0002-5469-105X

 

Research cruises

  • 2023; M194 (HEXPLORES), Red Sea, RV Meteor/ROV Kiel6000, 10.10 - 06.11.2023
  • 2023; SO299 (Dynamet), New Ireland fore-arc, RV Sonne/ROV Kiel 6000, 07.06 - 29.07.2023
  • 2022; JC224 (ULTRA-1), Mid-Atlantic Ridge, RV James Cook/Rockdrill-2, 03.03 - 20.04.2022
  • 2021; PE494 (INDEX2021), Indian Ocean, RV Pelagia, 03. - 29.11.2021
  • 2018; SO267 (Archimedes), Lau Basin, RV Sonne/AUV Abyss, 11.12. 2018 - 26.01.2019
  • 2018; MSM75 (Reykjanes),RV Maria S. Merian/ROV Phoca/ AUV Abyss, 29.06. - 09.08.2018
  • 2017; POS510 (Anydros), Aegean Sea, RV Poseidon/ AUV Abyss, 06. - 29.03.2017
  • 2017; POS509 (ElectroPal2), Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Poseidon, 15.02. - 02.03.2017
  • 2016; JC138, TAG Field, RRS James Cook/ Rockdrill, 08.07. - 23.08.2016 (Co-chief Scientist)
  • 2016; M127, TAG Field, RV Meteor/AUV Abyss, 25.05 - 28.06.2016 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2016; POS494 (HierroSeis2), Canary Islands, RV Poseidon/JAGO, 07. - 14.02.2016
  • 2015; POS483 (ElectroPal), Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Poseidon, 28.03. - 15.04.2015
  • 2013; ODEMAR, RV PourquoiPas?/ ROV Victor/ AUV Abyss, 16.11. - 19.12.2013
  • 2013; MSM25(SMART), SouthAtlantic, RV Maria S. Merian/ AUV Abyss, 24.01. - 05.03.2013
  • 2012; POS442(AUVinTYS), Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Poseidon, 31.10. - 09.11.2012 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2012; M86/4, Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Meteor, 06. - 20.02.2012 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2011; SO216 (Bambus), Manus Basin, RV Sonne/ROV Quest, 15.06. - 14.07.2011
  • 2011; POS412, Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Poseidon/ROV Mohawk, 19.04. - 07.05.2011 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2010; M82/3 (MenezMar),RV Meteor/ROV Quest, 06.09. – 11.10.2010
  • 2010; Search for AF447, Central MAR, Seabed Worker/AUV Abyss, 29.03. – 28.04.2010
  • 2009; SO203 (Woodlark), Woodlark Basin, RV Sonne/AUV Abyss, 27.10. – 06.12.2009
  • 2009; M78/2 (MarSüd V), RV Meteor/ROV Kiel6000/AUV Abyss, 01.04. – 11.05.2009
  • 2008; POS376, AUV Abyss test, RV Poseidon, 18.11. – 03.12.2008 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2007; HYDROMAR-V, RV Atalante/ROV Kiel 6000, 04.12.2007 – 02.01.2008 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2007; M73/2, Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Meteor / Rockdrill 1, 14. - 30.08.2007 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2006; MSM03/2, Logatchev, RV Maria S. Merian/Rockdrill2, 08. – 30.11.2006 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2006; POS340, Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Poseidon/ROV Cherokee, 06. - 17.07.2006 (Chief Scientist)
  • 2005; DA105-17A, Indian Ocean, RV Dayang Yi Hao, 23.11. 2005 - 06.01.2006
  • 2005; M64/1 (Marsüd II), MAR, RV Meteor/ROV Quest, 01.04. – 03.05.2005
  • 2004; M60/3 (HydroMar), Logatchev Field, MAR, RV Meteor/ROV Quest, 15.01. – 13.02.2004
  • 2003; TN-157 (Sulfide Insert), Endeavour, RV Thompson/ROV JASON2, 18.06. – 01.07.2003
  • 2002; SO-166 (Condrill), New-Ireland/Manus Basin, RV Sonne/Rockdrill, 14.09. – 05.10. 2002
  • 2001; SO-157 (Foundation III), Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 37°S, RV Sonne, 15.06. - 14.07.2001
  • 2001; SO-155 (HydroArc), Bransfield Strait, RV Sonne, 26.02. – 18.03.2001
  • 1999; NBP99-04, Bransfield Strait, RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, 14.04. – 12.05.1999
  • 1998; SO-133 Edison II, New-Ireland Fore-Arc, RV Sonne, 10.07. – 10.08.1998
  • 1997; ANT XV/2, Scotia Flux 1, Bransfield Strait, RV Polarstern, 09.11.1997 - 11.01.1998
  • 1996; SO-109/2 Hydrotrace, Axial Seamount, RV Sonne/ROV ROPOS, 08. – 25.06.1996
  • 1994; ODP Leg 158, TAG field, RV Joides Resolution, 29.09. – 22.11.1994
  • 1994; SO-94 (Edison I), New-Ireland Fore-Arc, RV Sonne, 11.03. - 05.04.1994
  • 1993; Event Detection and Response, JdFR, RV Discoverer/ROV ROPOS, 08. – 20.07.1993
  • 1993; A-II Leg 129, TAG field, RV Atlantis II/submersible ALVIN, 23.04. - 23.05.1993
  • 1990; SO-67, Valu Fa Ridge, Lau Basin, RV Sonne, 17.03. - 28.04.1990
seafloor image from the PacManus hydrothermal field (project: Condrill)
RV Sonne within the crater of Deception Island (Antarctic Peninsula; SO155)
black smoker (Project: Ultramar; copyright MARUM, Bremen)
seafloor image of a mussel bed (Papua New Guinea; SO94)
British Geological Survey Rockdrill on RV Sonne during cruise SO166 (2002)
Bathymetric map of Manus Basin, PNG

Publications

For a complete list of publications click here